Why did Mayo feel compelled to fight Foley. It wasn't Foley's fault that Mayo's buddy offed himself.
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Well, he's right. Cid did DOR voluntarily, and his suicide stemmed largely from Lynette rejecting him. It wasn't Foley's fault at all.
shareMayo wasn't fighting Foley because of Sid's death. Foley was kicking Mayo's butt to keep him from quitting!
Promise me, no matter how hopeless things get, keep on trying, OK? Keep coming chin-up, OK?
Mayo just wanted to talk. Foley told Mayo he did his talking in the ring.
shareOn the DVD, the director explains the fight. Foley has come to realize that Mayo has all of the makings of a good officer, but with the death of Sid and his guilt, he sees that Mayo is about to wash out of the program. Mayo came back to quit and tells Foley he DORs, so Foley challenges him to a fight to show Mayo that he is worthy of being an officer and he should stay.
I admit I never realized that was the reason for the fight until I watched the DVD commentary, but I always knew that Mayo getting his chance to fight Foley and actually LOSING the fight was what convinced him to stay and get commissioned.
In this case, the director did a bad job of showing what the fight was really about. The view of the fight for me had always been that be blamed Foley for Cid's DOR and perhaps his death.
But even then that scene always made no sense to me because why would you want to fight your drill sergeant and not expect repercussions? If it really was about that then they should have explained it better. Like after Gere gets beaten, Foley should have told him that he does have what it takes to be an officer but that he could still quit if he wants instead of only telling him that he could quit. I understand that would be showing some compassion for a character that is supposed to be nothing but cold hearted but it would have made the fight scene made sense.
Also, anyone else notice that wherever Foley hits Gere, he already has that area red like if they had been rehearsing those fight scenes for a while? Most apparent is when he gets kicked in the stomach. I dont know, this just always bugged me.
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Mayo tells Foley "I'm talking to you, *beep* when Sid has just DOR'd and he's trying to tell Foley about everything Sid has been going through (girl pregannt, etc.).
All Mayo says to Foley before Foley tells him to go to the blip hanger is "This officer candidate requests permission to see you in private, Sir." When Foley ignores him, he tells Foley, "I came back to quit. D-O-R!" That's when FOley says, "I see what you want, Mayo. The blip hangar. Now! Move it!" Mayo then says, "YOU move it!" Foley: "We ain't going there to talk, boy!" Mayo: "MOVE!"
So you could say that Mayo came back with the HOPE that he could engage Foley in a fight, but according to the director, that wasn't his intent.
Mayo should have beaten the crap out of Lynette for driving Sid to suicide. I am joking, of course.
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